National union effectiveness in organizing: measures and influences.
The percentage of the U.S. work force that is unionized is at its lowest level in more than 50 years. Although many studies have sought the reasons for this decline, few have investigated characteristics of unions themselves as possible factors. This paper focuses on unions as organizations, and a...
| Publicado en: | Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 48; pp. 613 - 636 |
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Cornell University
July 1995
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